User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/ Discussion Board en-US Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:12:08 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117998 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:03:13 +0000 How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 eel https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117998 RE: User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117994 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 05:28:51 +0000 @eel 

Is there a way to make it so users can't delete their account.

>> How to disable delete account button for users?

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Tutrix https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117994 RE: User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117993 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:38:10 +0000 @sofy thank you. Is there a way to make it so users can't delete their account... I would have to do it for them, on the back end? Or "hide" them, like from a stalker, with a name change?

Thanks again!

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 eel https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117993 RE: User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117987 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:23:57 +0000 Hi,

You should set  option to let users delete all their data as well:

 

The doc: https://wpforo.com/docs/wpforo-v2/settings/login-registration/#user-delete-method

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Sofy https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117987 User deleting their account leaves a "ghost in the machine". https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117974 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:23:06 +0000 I didn't realize a user could delete themselves.  I have had a couple users do this over the years... it leaves a ghost in the forum.

These is an example here: https://elsaelsa.com/forum/astrology/pluto-in-aquarius-1/

This user deleted their account. This had the affect of changing their name to "Anonymous 9268" as shown. However, the account is unclickable and also inaccessible from the backend.

Is there is a way to toggle off this option? Thanks!

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 eel https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/user-deleting-their-account-leaves-a-ghost-in-the-machine/#post-117974